Cigar box



Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

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Toall whom'it may concern.- g g I Be it k'iiown that 1; Roman W Tia-61.01%, a citizen of the United Stat s, a, flesideii't of Cincinnathin the county of Hamilton and State of-Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

It is the object of my invention, by a slight modification in cigar boxes, which will not interfere with the utmost economy of manufacture, to permit of their being employed as retainers for an inserted holder device, for blotting paper or other water absorbent substance.

The usual cigar box has one articulated lid, which is held and hinged by means of the glued-on hinges of paper or cloth. This lid fits down snugly when closed, leaving a smooth top to the box because of the front wall being out down slightly from the height of the side walls, and the back wall to which the lid is hinged being likewise out down. I utilize this construction in cigar boxes, but form the bottom of the box as a lid also. I then incorporate into the bottom of the box, held in place by this lid, a device which presents a smooth inside base to the box, but which in addition forms a chamber between it and the hinged bottom, for moistened blotting paper or the like.

I accomplish my objects by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new invention, shown upside down.

Figure 2 is a perspective of a modified insert piece of another embodiment, looking at it, as if from within the inverted box.

The box shown has the usual side pieces 1, 1, the front piece 2, and the back piece 3. The top lid 4 is hinged to the box in any desired way. It will be noted that the sides 1, 1, are of'greater depth, than the front and back, both at the upper and lower sides of the box. (The drawing shows the box upside down.) 1

In the form shown in Figure 1, I provide pair of foraminated plates having bases Also the height a 5, and lateral flanges 6.

ma seem at. vtssii 'ofi the and back walls are pro rtionedso as to allow for the thickness e -he tops 8 of the flanges 7. In order t make the inside of the box level, and support the plates; which is essential if the cigars are not to be dented during the packing operation, I provide a filler piece of wood 9, which is set across between the two foraminated plates, and glued or nailed or otherwise secured to the two sides of the box.

The depth of the flanges will be such as to form when the hinged bottom is closed, a pocket for a piece of any moisture holding material, which may be kept moist by the owner of the box, from time to time as necessary.

Since the length and breadth of cigar boxes are not uniform, the filler pieces will have to be of different sizes for different sizespf box. The flanges 7, 7 engage over the Jiller piece and the flanges 7-7 on the opposite sldes of the plates over the front and back of the box.

Another way of providing the insert is to make a plate of the full width of the box. This will require different size plates for every style of box, which will be a disadvantage over my other style, in which the filler piece may be made large or small to take care of the difference in width of the box. This plate has a base 10 and flanges 11, 12. The flanges will be set in place countersunk into the front and back edges of the box walls as in the first instance.

In both forms the bottom of the box as at 13, is hinged in the same way as the top and serves to hold the foraminated plates or plate in position. Cigar boxes vary in depth, and in making the box it should be formed as much deeper, as the size may be of the pocket formed between the hinged bottom and the foraminated base of the inserted devices. Tomoisten the absorbent material, the bottom is opened and after moistening the pad, it is closed again.

There has, as will be observed, been but little change in regulation cigar box manufacturing methods, and in'the processes of making up the'boxes, it will be of no increased cost to provide for the inserts which I have described. The form shown in Figure 2 may be made of less width than the box and the flanges will then merely rest against the bottom of the-box, when the box is upright.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I l. A cigar box having a hinged top and a hinged bottom, a foraminated closure in the bottom of the box, downwardly "extending flanges from opposite two sides of said 7 closure of suflicient length to provide space for the insertion of liquid absorbent ma? terial, and outwardly extending flanges from the. bottom of the downwardly extending flanges for securing said plate be- -tween walls of the'box and the bottom cover thereof. 1

15 2. A cigar box having a hinged top and wise within the box of thickness equal to the depth of the downwardly extending flanges of the plates, wherein securing of said plates shall beaccOmpliShQd by closing the bottom of the box.

ROGER W. TAYLOR. 

